'Elon Musk wants to be a trillionaire - but what's the point?'

The world's richest man thinks he's not rich enough. Fleet Street Fox asks what he's going to spend it on, exactly

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of all the money and power in the world will always want more of both.

That's because wealth and clout have never, in the history of mankind, made anyone wiser or prettier. One look at Jeff Bezos is proof enough, and if you need a second opinion check out his wife.

And so today Elon Musk, the world's richest man with a personal wealth of £380billion, has won the approval of that Tesla shareholders for a pay package that could turn him into the world's first trillionaire within the next two years.

The question is not just whether he'll manage to hit the corporate milestones needed to qualify, but what exact